communicate with anyone, well, so and so, so and so, there was an attempt to show what a free life is in north korea how it failed with skabeeva then, and let’s say, let’s say this, this time skabeeva is already in the north they didn't take korea, that's the story. well, that's why she was forced to tell something like that and it didn't work out, i don't know if we have it now, or we can, uh, well, that's it, well, and in the end, this is also all that happened, probably the funniest element of all this was that... "russian the propagandists even talked literally with such, you know, breathlessness about how the russian delegation in its entirety was kicked out of the hall, when they already came there they spread out their papers, because kimchanin should enter first, let's show it, how they did it all were told in the kim's residence. are already taking their seats, defense minister belousov, foreign minister lavrov, and first vice prime minister manturov manage to be the first to enter the hall and even spread out documents, and strict employees of the korean protocol ask them to leave and wait

_ necessary relationship between north korea and _ necessary relationship between north korea andgo forward. �* , korea and russia now as we go forward. . , , ., . ,, forward. and 'ust before we talk about the forward. and just before we talk about the events _ forward. and just before we talk about the events today - forward. and just before we talk about the events today and - forward. and just before we talk| about the events today and what comes out of this agreement, if it were to be a trump presidency next time around, the relationship as you say is surely finished. what will concern people is that we return to her. pre—2018 in which the two leaders would exchanging insults and things almost took a disastrous turn for the worst. is that a chance again now that these four countries are all aligned together? i again now that these four countries are all aligned together?— are all aligned together? i would look at the- _ are all aligned together? i would look at the. post _ are all aligned together? i would look at the. post hanoi, - are all aligned together? i would look at th

with north korea.e is the opinion of the former special representative of the united states, kurt walker. the fact that russia has depended on ammunition supplies from north korea for the past year is not new. so now it is just a reflection of the fact that such relations between countries exist, and it is beneficial for the kimian that putin has come to him, and this gives him more status. russia has also hinted that it may provide some assistance to north korea. of course, this violates un sanctions, but i don't think that russia is worried, so it can to provide some missile technology or some other assistance to north korea, but it is amazing that russia has to do this because putin is trying to portray his country as a superpower, great and powerful, but at the same time they cannot produce the weapons necessary for their own war , but if you look at their dependence on other countries, on north korea, they need artillery shells, from iran drones with which they attack the ukrainians, from china th

and now it's time to get the conversation started with jenny town from the north korea monitoring group a $38.00 north and douglas c manascale of our studio in re, guys that gosh, let's start with you ahead of history. food and phrase po and young supports of his war in ukraine. how has killed young boost at russia's war efforts so far? so when you call, we are observing since last year says 2020 for an intensification. so in this relations between russia and north korea, and the russian defense minister went with a 1st visit to north korea in july of last year. and just 2 months later in september can junk on travel to russia. she met with letting me put in there. so and ever since we are getting more and more reports about this, um corporation on arms exports from north korea to russia to support the russian war effort. this is what in the us and its allies and ukraine say. and now russia and north korea denied this, but the risk compelling evidence which supports this. i think the strongest piece of evidence is a report from the united nations and which is concentrates on a specific

un, experts were able to identify one of the missiles fired of the city as a, produced by a, by north korea. and the west and south korea are also accusing. and the north, north korea of the supporting russia with a 2 artillery shells. and the estimates from these 2 countries from us in south korea, or somewhere on the $10000.00 in or is that north korea has apparently shipped so far to russia. now what does change them own hope to gain from the vitamin 15 into a ton? there is a range of issues that are interesting to, to the north korean and either i mean, 1st of all it's also a certain recognition that the russian leader is visiting joan gang at this time and bought some more practically in north korea. as of course, interested in the technology transfer, especially in 4th space program or so for it's messiah our program. and so, and i think these are the areas that they can jump on. well, we'd like to explore was looking at 14 and the interesting the, there was one issue $1.00 and $1.00 other issue on the agenda. and these are the north korean workers. and north korea is interested in se

so just so to say in, in, north korea has something to offer. the russians needs in a way it's, it's a kind of a logical corporation because there is also know the soonest of the 2 north korean weapons fits into the rest of the systems in north korea needs the monthly, the so in a way for us, so this was a quite a natural thing. so to say to, to do that, of course, it certainly shows the dresser, node tries to force relationships, especially with other author retiree in countries, in a way, to also signal it to the us and its allies, that any stretch of isolating noise. the isolating, russel will not be successful. eric, thank you very much for talking with us today. that was eric bob bought from the german institute for international insecurity fairs. thank you very much. i sketch up on a few other stories making headlines around the world today. heavy rainfall is triggered, widespread flooding in bangladesh, the incessant rains calls the sewer my river near bangladesh is northeastern border to rise, inundating the surrounding areas. local offic

being visited by a russian president is a big deal for north korea. why is vladimir protein making this trip as well? terry, for vladimir, putting the main thing on his agenda these days is of course the war in ukraine. and this is also the reason why he's coming back to the north korea and he's coming back, but it's his 1st visit in 24 years. he's been the only was as russian leader of back in the year 2000. and as you've mentioned before, as she has praised this support that russia receives from north korea and the he said that russia highly appreciate north korea support for the russian special military operation in ukraine. of course, his words for, for the word in ukraine. so a way of phone tends to ridiculous relationship. north korea really has was letting me put in and russian need at this point, which is a munition particularly to liberty munition, for the war effort in ukraine. did us and south korea have warranted that north korea, north korean war, arms exports the russia have and are one to rise ever since that control and visited russia

and this re new defense pat between russia and north korea. and i think that in general, the us is quite limited when it comes to getting in the way of this relationship due to the geo political environment that the us has now situated to call us bring you to you. and because your focus on vietnam is not a part of the states, but it was in the same trip that boots and made to north korea was happy to be lovington with a sub to prime nation. know exactly now know from retired diplomats who are well informed and i know i that the yes i'm try to to de length of to and i think when we look at the joint statement, we can say well, they have to, they had to grin and bear a foot and was going to go to north korea and that would have repercussions for vietnam, but the craft of joint statement, but tried to distance yourself from the bellicose rhetoric. uh that came out of the young on what impact did it have on the on put in standing though if it, if the whole trip was designed to show the west that put them is not isolated. to what extent did the hig

james, it is north korea is most important partner it shares a long border with north korea. how does trying to view the surgeon, cooperation between russia and north korea? well, the china has previously express concern when peeling young is engaging in move bullets heil behaviors. remember, it's annoying china's interest to see an escalation on the korean peninsula because of, as you just mentioned on very long border, it shows with north korea that has been some discussion. well, so in the, in the, the, the surroundings invest me think about what the paging would be concerned about losing some degree of influence, sort of a feeling young because of russia, a deepening its ties with north korea. but we have seen a more, i'm a positive note, struck in the, the official response from china. a statement from china is for our ministry overnight saying that welcome to russia through cement and grow ties with countries that they have a traditional friendship with. james, thank you. very much east asia correspondent james traitor. sketch you up on some other stories making headlin

closely together to circumvent us . lead international sanctions is to day visit is his 1st trip to north korea in 24 years. north korean leader, kim jong, and in russia last you shaking hands with his russian counts upon lot to my present money, you know, fools and invincible. come read the notes for us as a do since trips in north korea and his fed meeting with came the latest demonstration of deepening toys between moscow and fuel. yeah. let's see about the series of the united states of june closest since russia lost its full scale invasion of ukraine finding friendship and growing global life selection. but it's the relationship that still concerns in the west. south korean and us official save in north has been feeding the russian blooms. she's sending millions of munitions to must go. they say russia in baton has provided most career with military technology. and the can only kate, in defiance of un resolutions sold in washington, have held in emergency cool to discuss the visit. but despite the western criticism, the kremlin said it has every right to develop ties with tongue yet, and s

, that is , this is our context in which we declare our perception of relations, relations with north koreais? uh? well, what does a comprehensive strategic partnership mean? it’s now signed and it’s not just signed, but. those, let's say, comments that our president and supreme commander-in-chief gave after his signing, this is again a reminder that the context in which all this is happening is much wider than even the far eastern one. listen. the comprehensive partnership agreement signed today provides, among other things, for the provision of mutual assistance in the event of aggression against one of the parties to this document. i draw attention to statements by the united states and other nato countries about the supply of high-precision weapons systems, large, large radio systems, f-16 aircraft and other high-tech weapons, equipment for striking russian territory. yes, in fact, this is not only a statement, this is already happening, all this is a gross violation of the restrictions imposed by western countries. in the russian federation, as you have heard about american statements

and putin did not fly to north korea, and putin did not fly, we complied with the sanctions, we threw out north korean workers and so on and so forth. or could north korea, perhaps at our request, become a bigger irritant to the west? can north korea engage in new nuclear activity, satellite activity, make our enemies twitch somehow, damn it, that is, in fact, about sanctions, this is very important, remember to yourself, remember to yourself that china is too. .. and the ussr were actually those countries that, well, together with all of them and not the first in line to impose sanctions against north korea, now let's see how it all turned out. changed, well, russian propagandists practiced this way the love for north korea of ​​its leader, who tried to jump out of their pants, and let's be honest, not everyone succeeded, some were disgraced, such as solovyov, he tried, and it didn't work, i wanted to start ether in korean, but i realized that i don't know the language , it happens like this, i studied english all my life and... and it turned out that i had to learn korean and one of

know 3 or 4 it support of his war and ukraine is to day visit as the 1st trip is his 1st trip to north korea in 24 years. north korean leader, kim jong, and in russia last you shaking hands with his russian counts upon latham at present demand, he now cause an invincible comrey. no substance abuse in his trips in north korea and his fed meeting with came, is this demonstration of deepening ties between moscow and fuel. yeah. but see what the series of the united states have drawn close to since russia lost its full scale invasion of ukraine's finding friendship. i mean growing global life selection, but it's a relationship that spoken concerns in the west. south korean and us officials say the north has been feeding the russians who machine sending millions of munitions to must go. they say russia in return has provided most career with military technology. and the can only kate, in defiance of un resolutions sold in washington, have held an emergency cool to discuss the visit. but despite the western criticism, the kremlin said it has every right to develop ties with killing yet shouldn't b

russia sells oil to china, earns yuan, then invests these yuan in north korea, north korea buys all necessarys, components for production in china for these yuan munitions, sends them to russia, russia kills ukrainians, it seems that china is neutral here, although it is absolutely clear... that it controls the functioning of this complex, because not only components are supplied there, but also machine tools and other necessary elements for increasing production ammunition, in fact now north korea is the very workshop that ensures russia's war against ukraine, and at the same time our allies say that let's just look at it, well, i think that this is absolutely unacceptable, mr. mykhailo, but what about this you can get in the way and russia and north korea are already under your belt. a long time ago, since the time of the full-scale invasion of ukraine, north korea has been constantly under sanctions by international organizations there, especially the united states, as it is possible to... i don't know, oppose, strengthen these sanctions or some other mechanisms that can be conditionally a

second, north korea's economy, uh... is completely militarized, and north korea produces a very significant amount of weapons, and third, north korea's weapons, they are compatible with most of the russian weapons, because they were built on soviet, soviet models, and they can use, russia can use north korean weapons in their own in their systems, and last fall we heard from south korean intelligence that... north korea was supplying russia already about 1 million guns. oleksiy, how is this visit commented on in the white house? yes, in fact, we heard from the white house that this visit is a potential expansion of military cooperation and a danger for both korea and ukraine. i suggest listening to a quote from the white house. i am not surprised that putin went to north korea after his own. the so-called elections, it looks like an attempt to flirt, we are not concerned about this trip, what really concerns us is the steady deepening of relations between these countries, not only because of the influence that it will have on the ukrainian people, because we know that north korean ballistic

i don't expect russia to provide north korea. a large amount of military technology, because such a transfer would not bring much benefit to russia, but would instead create potential problems for the future. of course, the north koreans want to have them, but, but, so to a large extent we are talking about commercial transactions. north korea provides some munitions that have been paid for, and there are also some other economic cooperation projects, but they are mostly are relatively limited in scope and value. and the fact that north korea already. supplies russia with weapons - this is not news, for example, last fall, south korean intelligence reported on the shipment of a million shells to russia from the dprk. for comparison, the european union promised to deliver the same amount to ukraine, but was unable to do so. and already last week , the ministry of defense of south korea announced that pyongyang sent russia containers with 5 million artillery ammunition, as well as dozens of ballistic missiles. earlier about... exactly the americans also talked about ballistic missiles, althoug

meanwhile , north korea continues to help russia. american intelligence recently confirmed that russia used north korean missiles during the shelling of kharkiv on january 2. in addition , bheniyaan, despite the embargo and sanctions, is actively developing its ballistic program and conducting tests. how did north korea manage to develop its technology, is russia involved in this and is it approaching north korea before the creation of nuclear weapons. iryna solomko understood the topic. on january 2 of this year, russia fired upon kharkiv with a north korean kn-23 missile, according to recently released us intelligence data. experts claim that this not only proved cooperation between a permanent member of the russian security council and the sanctioned north korea, but also for the first time allowed specialists to obtain large pieces of debris for analysis. bruce bennett is a senior security expert at the california-based rand research center. he speaks north korean. rockets are very similar russian iskanders. it is almost certain t

us in south korean officials are really sounding the alarm bells about will they basically, as north korea, essentially providing millions of munitions to moscow over the past year to, to continue it's worth aggression against ukraine. the big question really was ways, what is north career essentially guessing in return? and i think the really important points that says 0 in on here is that the defensive in nature of the big, the big green language they say. and they have signed just now because when we look at the more belligerent behavior as russia in north korea, as a recent news, they often characterize its or explain it as defending themselves against the west . whether that's russia saying they says expansion in europe is behind the war in ukraine, whether appealing yang, saying that the us deepening ties with allies like japan and south korea is, is the cause of intercontinental ballistic missile tests. and so what we're seeing here really is potentially an avenue through which rusher and north korea are trying to legitimize what could be more concrete military supports for each oth

putin. has officially announced that north korea is standing against a new american colonialism, and we have always, whether since the time when the koreans opposed the japanese colonialism and the soviet union entered korea and supported them, and winning against japan, whether in the following circumstances we have always been with korea, but now is a new season and a fundamental change with korea, the next event is very important in this security aspect, i would like to point out that the president of russia has been putting forward a practical initiative in the last two months in the new period under the title of new security architecture with an equal approach in sharing interests on non-discriminatory bases in the new world order and creating the eurasian security alliance is a very important agreement that the presidents are implementing and complementing, replacing and improving. the donor is the former collective security pact that russia established with the countries separated from the soviet union. this security model, who has been following him for days, is with his frien

together with china, for the resolution on sanctions against north korea. did not fly to north korea,nd putin did not fly, we complied with the sanctions, we threw out north korean workers and so on and so forth. could north korea, perhaps at our request, become a bigger irritant to the west? can north korea engage in new nuclear activity, satellite activity, make our enemies twitch somehow, damn, well, that's it. that is, in fact, about sanctions, this is very important, remember yourself, remember that both china and the ussr were actually the countries that imposed sanctions against north korea along with everyone else, and not in the first ranks, but now let's see how it all changed. well , the russian propagandists practiced their love for north korea, its leader, so much that they tried, well... to jump out of their pants, and frankly, let's say, not everyone succeeded, some were ashamed, such as solovyov, they tried, and it didn't work, they wanted to start ether in korean, but i realized that i don't know the language, but it happens, i've been learning all my life english and

the weaponry in north korea is based on soviet era technology and can be used and we understand from states, from ukraine, and from herein doubt korea, that it has already been -- and from here in south korea that it has already been used. north korean missiles have been used russia in ukraine despite denials by pyongyang and moscow. north korea needs everything from military technology, satellite technology, after having failed to launch their spy satellite in a, to food, fuel, and money. there are limits to what each man can offer the other, but i think for this visit, it is crucial to test those limits to see how they can help each other. sumi: thank you for that update from seoul. we can get analysis from the senior fell over korea studies at the council for foreign relations. very good to have you back. i want to pick up where our correspondent left off, talking about weaponry. american and south korean officials accused north korea of providing military meant to russia -- military equipment to russia for its war on ukraine. what do we actually know about what weapons are being

would make every effort to stop supplies. from north korea to russia. ite the west's efforts to limit such cooperation, russia continues to use it unhindered north korean weapons in their war against ukraine. debris of rockets, in particular, was found in kharkiv. in ukraine, they say, to effectively counter such attacks , a proportional response from the west is required. among other things, absolute permission to hit targets on the territory of russia without any geographical restrictions. let's talk about the answer in washington with our correspondent in the congress , kateryna lisunova, who is now joining the broadcast. katya, i congratulate you. katya, we have previously seen a statement from the head of the house intelligence committee, congressman, republican mike turner. it was a letter to the biden administration with a demand to remove all restrictions from ukraine on the use, in particular, of long-range atakams missiles. have we seen any reaction from the white house to katya and are they ready to remove restrictions for the ukrainian army o

dprk, but now also from russia, according to the new signed agreement, the same applies to the north. koreah, as putin said, does not exclude military assistance to russia. ask. indeed, look, there is a real holiday in korea, the joyful faces of the children, the residents of pinyang, they welcome the russian president, the russian delegation, the strengthening of our relations. by the way, just recently, a week ago, the residents of havana also had joyful faces when our warships and submarine entered. to the port of govan, and indeed this is sincerity, but we, russian communists are twice as joyful, because at one time in the nineties and two thousand, led by gennady andreevich, they did a lot to preserve these relations and develop. i don’t want to offend europe or the united states once again, but look, these states were created thanks to our country, the soviet union, victory over militaristic japan. from the point of view of the threat there and from the dprk, well, listen, the dprk has not participated in any wars over the past decades, unlike united states. how can you not strengthen

well, right now there is breaking news from north korea.n signed a comprehensive strategic partnership agreement. russia and north korea. the contract provides, attention. providing assistance in case of aggression against one of the participants. renderings, including military ones. assistance, putin also said that russia is truly news of global scale and historical importance. russia does not exclude for itself, it only said that president putin will develop military-technical cooperation with the dprk in connection with the signing of the contract. possible deliveries of f-16 and other weapons. in recent days , the russian president and a member of the delegation also live here, in general, a large complex, there are pagodas, gazebos, ponds, a beautiful place, from this beautiful place in the last minutes. like news, because many were wondering why you already listed it, it’s just literally pouring in . vladimir putin is going to north korea, can we really only talk about trade turnover, no, really there is political news that russia is

technology has entered russia for many years, who is against sanctions the judiciary of north korea has entered and supported russia's korea. you know that it does not mention that during the past four decades , the american judicial sanction of the north korean people is a very important issue. westerners always have a one-sided narrative in the human rights debate. they also created judicial terrorism , but russia also gave special help to pyongyang in this field, so you want to say that the main concern of the west is that north korea can. as much as possible , will the western sanctions against him be removed with this diplomatic interaction? exactly this is a very significant point in the deepening of moscow's cooperation pyongyang, this issue can be fragile for korean sanctions. for this reason , they use a keyword that, for example, korea is helping russia to provide some weapons . almost 2 weeks ago , he officially announced to the west that if you give weapons capable of attacking russian targets on russian soil, then give this to ukraine. the same threat that nato announced th

north korea relations by strengthening ties. also coming up the is really army approves plans for a military operation against hesper law militia, in southern lebanon. tensions between the 2 had flared since the october 7th terrorist attacks and the subsequent war in gaza. plus wildfires threaten the world's largest wetlands in brazil, el nino conditions and climate change in danger of vital global resource. the hello i'm terry martin. good to have you with us. russian president vladimir protein rather north korean leader kim jong. one has received russian president vladimir putin on his 1st state visit to the country in 24 years. those leaders are seeking to expand cooperation with 13, looking to boost defense ties as he continues his war in ukraine. north korea has already supplied russia with artillery and other ammunition. after a lavish welcoming ceremony, the russian president express his gratitude for nor 3 of support and said to leaders will sign an agreement to further bolster times, smell that 13 is in killing the i. c

together with china for the resolution on sanctions against north korea, and putin did not fly to northfly, we complied with the sanctions , we threw out north korean workers and so on and so forth. korea, perhaps at our request, will become a bigger stimulus for the west. is it possible north korea to engage in new nuclear activity, satellite activity, to somehow make our enemies twitch. well, that's it , that is, it's actually about sanctions, it's very important, remember, remember that china and the ussr, in fact, were those countries that, well, together with everyone and a little bit not in the first ranks, introduced sanctions against north korea, now let's see how it all changed, but what about russian propagandists. practiced their love for north korea, its leader, so much that they tried to, well, jump out of their pants, and frankly, let's say, not everyone succeeded, some were ashamed, such as solovyov, tried and failed, wanted to start ether in korean, but realized that i do not know the language, but it happens like this, i studied english and italian all my life, and it t

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so why tends to ridiculous relationship this relationship north korea really has was letting me a put in and rush i need at this point, which is a munition particularly to liberty munition for to we're a 14 ukraine. did us and south korea have warranted that north korea, north korean war arms exports. the russia have are on the rise ever since that control and visited russia back in september last year. and so putting is coming to north korea wouldn't big delegation. the range of officials, including deputy prime ministers, including the defense minister, heads of russian space agency of russian railway. so the support for the russian war effort will be the main point on letting me put these agenda. james in taipei. what is north korea is ruler, kim joan? good hoping to get out of this meeting of the well, of course one of the really critical things that kim joining is going to be looking for is simply legitimacy. remember, it's a very rare occurrence for a foreign leader to, to visit north career. and for came jones to be able to receive an international leader on the scale of having

there are any sanctions in the world that could strengthen that sanctions regime. which is where north koreabecause if to take the record holder for sanctions applied against any individual country, it will again be the north korean regime, so in terms of how it will affect the situation in north korea, actually, i don't think it can affect in any significant way, because there the situation and yes, they actually, north korea is, well, i mean the english expression clients state, that is... an enterprise of the people's republic of china, they depend on more than 90 percent in almost all industries, precisely, precisely on china, what can this change from point of view the situation in which we find ourselves, that is , the repulsion of an aggressive war by russia, then i can very simply say that the transport routes by which armaments can be supplied from the northern... kyreya, that is, this is the entire territory of the russian federation, from the point of view again, normal military affairs become legitimate military goals for those who repel aggression, well, we will not specify who,

wants to security guarantees of and has said the building of a railway gas and oil pipelines with north korea was also on the discussion between the 2 leaders. but then western media focused only on north korean needs in russian aid for bypassing sanctions, as well as the free money aid from russia. as far as the north pen economy continued to decline and then talks with president trump, which left to no substances outcomes for north korea. all right, well you are in the right place for all the latest news on the russian president. stripped appealing yang will make sure to keep you right up to date with the visits and all the big news headlines as they emerge from the land market tasks. the for ukraine to join nato. it needs to completely overcome russia on the battlefield, or that came from the us national security council spokesperson during the white house news briefing. the 1st i got as when this war i got a window more 1st. and so number one, we're doing everything we can to make sure they can do that. they don't, it was over, no matter what it looks like. they're still going to have a l

you see, he took and compared some two different situations, but the very fact of putin's stay in north koreaa sign that he wants to use the military potential of korea, north korea, which has 80%, probably , of what they produce in the country, this weapons of various kinds. this weapon, well, we know that grandfather a native of kimirsen, he was already a captain of the soviet army, well, the impression is that it is all similar to what putin is trying to do in the post-soviet space now, that is, somewhere these bitterns were scattered around ukraine and did the same thing. yes, by the way, unfortunately, the agreement signed by north korea is not yet publicly available. the russian federation, and it caused such a response in the expert environment, since there is a clause that in the event of an attack on one of the countries, the other will provide military and other assistance, it is true that there are provisions of national legislation and article 51 of the un charter, i.e. the right to self-defense, but by and large , these are all wordings, they are taken out of the closets. in the

mean there are countries which supported outright and were full force as we see in the example of north korea. and there are very few countries that reduce the 4 types in military, enjoying this conflict. so we have enough korea that the supporting russia with the weapons. we also have ron, that is supporting russia mostly was drones. and we also have a velo roost, which allows russia to conduct the military operations from its territory. we don't know anything about russian arms deliveries, but as millers has allowed russia to stage attacks from his territory in the 1st phase of the war. and there are also this many auction, many countries which are leaning towards russia politically, but they are that are not ready to bird, a bronze of the that 3rd, the front of, of the functions that come with it. and then these are some major, major economies like that had that are working with russia, but they don't want to cross this threshold of an outright military support in this conflict. so have china, for example, that we know is supporting russia with different ology, used to think of exports to

this, as couldn't make this 1st official visit to north korea in 24 years. also coming up . boeing's foss publicly apologizes to relatives of victims killed in crashes involving the companies player. but many are not convinced the companies culture will improve any time soon. the welcome to the show on the call, fairly rush as vladimir putin and north korean leader kim jong have signed a new agreement that details. mutual aid is either a country or to be attacked. the deal also includes partnerships on trade investment and cultural and humanitarian ties. this comes as putting made his 1st visit to if young, young in 24 years, and as both countries face escalating stand also with the west. a welcome 790, filled with sun, fat, pomp, and circumstance. north korea pulled up the oldest stump, sits most high profile visit to in years. it's the 1st trip pay for the russian president vladimir putin since the year. 2000 and much has changed since then. the visit to select snows, career is growing strategic importance for russia. since its full scad invasion of ukrain

now if we're talking about north korea, we also need to talk about china. how does bait gene view all of this? i think this is a very tricky dance. of course china stanz, i'm in so many ways with russia serves as a big brother and lifeline for north korea. but i do think china recognizes that it's not that straightforward and is trying to play this play, this complicated game of standing with these partners against the west without completely jeopardizing its relationships with for example, south korea. so one of the interesting backdrops to this pollutant visit to piano is that you will have high, a high level meeting between chinese officials and south korean officials in sol. so china, i think, is also, i would imagine nervous about the kinds of arrangements that might be made in kenya this week because their priority of course, is stability. and any, any trade in military technology that could advance the program certainly makes it more difficult for them to maintain stability in the region. so i think that the chinese are watching this very carefully,

probably he can still count from this flow of weapons that western allies say russia is receding from north korea. and of course, the russian of korea to deny any such from those bots. there were also investigation from the you when that has confirmed the use of north korea made ballistic missile in and the gas ukraine. so, and then this is not a good method for ukraine and not because of the north korea will be able to provide any a weapon which will magically change the course of the war. but the war in ukraine has turned into this war of attrition. and every bit of munition helps to get an edge against the enemy. and this is why, of letting me put a needs munition from north korea. and this is also why this is not a good message for ukraine. so given all of that, how much cause for concern does this pose for the united states and its allies? what kind of reaction have we seen from the west as we've heard a strong criticism over the, in the run up to this visits. we've also heard in the reports now the us secretary of states criticizing goods and buds and the criticism from the west, dozens con

north korea's leader called the agreement a "new high level of alliance," sparking concerns in westernes. but the full details of the pact and its consequences remain unclear. following the deal between the two nuclear powers, nato secretary general jens stoltenberg said: on the other side of the dmz, some south koreans say they're worried about how this new agreement could affect their safety. translation: we're still- a divided country, and war can happen at any time. under the circumstances, if north korea and russia have closer ties, it would have a negative impact on our country as russia can give military cooperation to the north when war occurs. translation: i'm worried what if war breaks out - as putin and north korea are having a such close relationship. north korea recently sent off rubbish balloons and north korean soldiers crossed into the border often. let's get the latest on this trip. we can speak to our china correspondent laura bicker in beijing and our correspondent shaima khalil, who is in seoul. shaima, to you first. this pack that vladimir putin and kimjong un have

probably he can still count on this flow of weapons that western allies say russia is receding from north korea. and of course, the russian of korea deny any such flows. budget, there were also investigation from the you when that has confirmed the use of north korea made ballistic missile in and the gas ukraine. so, and then this is not a good method for ukraine and not because of the north korea will be able to provide any a weapon which will magically change the course of the war. but the war in ukraine has turned into this war of attrition. and every bits of munitions helps to get an edge against the enemy. and this is why, of letting me put a needs a munition from north korea. and this is also why this is not a good message for ukraine. so given all that, how much cause for concern does this pose for the united states and its allies? what kind of reaction have we seen from the west as we've heard a strong criticism over the, in the run up to those visits. we've also heard in the reports now the us secretary of states criticizing good and above and the criticism from the west, dozens concer

you see, he took and compared some two different situations, but the very fact that putin is in north koreaa sign that he wants to use the military potential of korea, north korea, which is 80% there, probably that they produce in the country, these are weapons, and these weapons are of different quality, well, we also know that kimchynin's grandfather, kimirsen, was already a captain in the soviet army, well , the impression is that it is all similar to what putin is trying to do in the post-soviet space now, i.e. somewhere, these slides were not scattered around ukraine and did the same thing, yes, by the way, unfortunately, so far i did not have free access to the agreement signed by north korea and the russian federation and... it caused such a response in the expert environment , since there is a clause that in the event of an attack on one of the countries, then another will provide military and other aid, it is true that there are conditions of national legislation and article 51 of the un charter, i.e. the right to self-defense, but by and large , these formulations are taken from t

if north korea and safe korea, we will nice again, who feels themselves as 2nd rate seats as it is on this. so allow or visit the solution will be different. north korea, we'll develop it, we'll get our device relation. thanks to china. thanks to russia. thanks to all the concious, all the global cells. and this will be imagined, but the very end of them uh, what we saw in germany, germany, by the way, for one is not to be addressed if i gaze drive, so when q re re unite that and unfortunately, that is not the case. now germany is now behaving in a very, very cost. i don't mind. so the same thing will not happen in korea. that was the message i think, which boards, president clinton and present team sense. what do you think then the reception to this is going to be in the west to the new mutual assistance agreement, to level vis a. it will be very negative from the western media will try to present that this are our should be common, like north korea. there's nothing on this on going on. you leave here and you'll see that 12 is there. i say it is not in any way. legs not career, and i

and north korea has been providing weapons to russia. know we haven't seen the text of this agreement yet, but do you think it is in the realm of possibility that you could see north korean soldiers on the battlefield for russia and ukraine? -- in ukraine? susan: i think that is pretty unlikely, actually. i would think they assistance from north korea would include things more like defense materials, weapons, ammunition as you said. we know north korea has provided artillery and missiles. i would think in the case of ukraine, it would include things more like that. sumi: if we look at the region, what do you think the broader implications of this treaty are for security in asia? susan: it is sort of a mark of desperation on the part of russia to be courting north korea in this way. the russians used to be part of the u.n. p5 security council that was about implementing sanctions against north korea. it is really quite a departure for russia at this point to be backing away from that and thinking about vetoing measures that were brought ag

kimjong—il and north korea. north koreans know that. kimjong—iland has that.ong—iland has always been trained to reduce the north korean reliance on china so i think from the chinese perspective, the whole situation is little bit tricky and they will be watching this carefully to see how things unfold —— kimjong—un. to the us now and president joe biden has announced a new policy that would protect hundreds of thousands of undocumented husbands and wives of us citizens from deportation. the white house believes more than half a million spouses will benefit. the policy applies to those who have been in the country for at least 10 years and it will allow them to work in the us legally. the white house also believes the new spouses policy will benefit 50,000 people under 21 who have a parent married to a us citizen. the issue of immigration has proven to be a bit of a headache for mr biden, who recently issued a sweeping executive action to curb record migrant arrivals at the us—mexico border. polls show that the issue is a primary concern for many voters in the

we know russia has used north korea may have missed the ballistic missiles in and against ukraine and the west and south korea. a warning that this flow of munition from north korea to russia is increasing. now as to the official relations north korea used to have a very close alliance with the soviet union. their friendship, treaty of the time, even included a close on automatic military assistance in case one of the sides was to be invaded . these relations have cooled off significantly after the collapse of the soviet union. but we are now doing the war in ukraine. we are seeing the renewal and we will be observing tomorrow just how far the 2 sides will agree to go. officially, let's pass the ball over to james james. what is north korea's ruler conjunction? hoping to get out of his deepening ties with flooding, recruiting? it's like what i think in the 1st instance, one of the really critical things is going to be legitimacy. remember, it's a fairly rare occurrence to see the head of states of another country visiting appeal young and can join, being able to receive an internation

the new year, that is, well, as it turns out, the song “let’s rise” is also now very popular in north koreasong was performed there, and performed by a north korean singer, i don’t know if we will be able to listen to it, but... so, well, i must say that the repertoire there was large, i also listened to this concert a little, there was that in russia the birches rustle, where the homeland begins, all the favorite songs of vladimir vladimirovich, they performed there, learned the repertoire, and in general, of course, the whole atmosphere of the visit was very warm, there was a state reception at which they performed. and toast too they are very kind, of course there is a fantastic concert there, well, they still know how, in the east, especially in north korea, they can put on a real show, well, in fact, there has already been an exchange of gifts, presidential aide ushakov said that we gave another aurus , improved, yes, already improved, the admiral's dagger is a very beautiful service, and aputin was also given good gifts related to his images, including artistic and sculptural ones, so

as north korea, china and iran.lobal. in the west they first set fire, when sparks and smoke begin to fly in their direction, they begin to shout means to the whole world about threat and safety. nikit, but it’s unlikely that they are so afraid, but why do they shout so loudly, but they are afraid, oles, with all due respect, but i think that they are really afraid, because stoltenberg, this is just a meeting, no, of course, this is not everything just a meeting, everyone understands perfectly well that even though there will be an agreement on paper. many things will be discussed and i am sure our leaders will come to a consensus; they will be implemented behind the scenes for stoltenberg says correctly , the world is really collapsing, the western world, here this unipolar world, where there are only rules that are dictated by the americans, well , everyone else implements them, and through their satellites, in this case it’s really north korea alone, it’s one story, north korea, iran and china. and russia is not

and in order to use these stabilize and threaten its neighbors in north korea. well that's happening. you look across down across the 30th parallel and south korea working with japan, the united states, other allies in partners to increase in advanced security and prosperity. so it's really, really a stark contrast. this summit lays out and you mentioned that the tim is seen to reduce its rely and his reliance on, on china. what's china's position to this? so i, i, am i, again, speculation here, but i expect the china is uh, you know, holding its nose and, and it will, it doesn't have a doesn't have a veto as it were. but, but i, as i assume that they are looking at this with their usual kind of, uh, not not disdain, but they, they, they're not really always a fan of what young young is up to the young young beijing. a partnership is it is a tricky one, and i think this will make it even trickier and rag of a full. i'm a senior state department official. thank you very much. thank you. on to thailand now, which is about to become the 1st country in southeast asia